Kusa fukami korogi sawa ni naku yado no hagi mi ni kimi wa itsu ka kimasamu

草深みこほろぎさはに鳴くやどの
萩見に君はいつか来まさむ

Roma-ji: Kusa fukami korogi sawa ni naku yado no hagi mi ni kimi wa itsu ka kimasamu
English Translation: Since the grass is deep,
crickets sing out many-voiced
at my dwelling here—
to see the bush clover, when,
oh, when will you come to me?
Meaning: At my home, where the grass grows so deep that crickets sing in great number—when will you come to see the bush clover?
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Love Poems 2271

Headnote: "Love Expressed Through Flowers"
This poem waits eagerly for when the beloved will come to see the bush clover at a home where the grass is deep and crickets sing in great number. Its headnote is "Love Expressed Through Flowers." The loneliness of an overgrown home and the heart that awaits the beloved with bush clover as a pretext show through. Like 1990 in the summer love poems, which asked whether the beloved would not even come to see the tachibana at home, it invites the beloved to come see the flowers.

In the first line, "kusa fukami," "mi" marks cause: since the grass is deep.
In the second line, "korogi sawa ni," "sawa ni" means in great number.
The third line, "at the home where they sing," names the place.
The fourth line, "you, to see the bush clover," names the purpose.
In the last line, "itsu ka kimasamu," "ka" is an interrogative particle in kakari-musubi with the attributive "mu," closing with eager waiting.
Source: Manyoshu
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